Whittlesey

Fenland · East of England · population 12,972 · 8 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

45Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,761 of 6,856 in England
  • #510 of 746 in East of England
  • #4 of 11 in Fenland
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,681
Median age (est.)44
Density1,175per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above21%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 12%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Whittlesey sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,761 of 6,856 in England, and #4 of 11 in Fenland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (87) but weak on Education (24). Typical homes here sold for about £250,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 230 sales), 8% above the wider Fenland median of £231,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,806 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,384 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 64 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 45 · #3,782
Employment 44 · #3,837
Education 24 · #5,180
Health 40 · #4,138
Crime 56 · #2,980
Housing & access 32 · #4,680
Living environment 87 · #889

House prices ?

£250,000median (12m) · -0.6% yr · n=230
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£250,000230-0.6%+16.3%
Detached£315,0001090.0%+26.0%
Semi-detached£230,00088-1.8%+15.0%
Terraced£210,00029+8.8%+30.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£250,000
Fenland£231,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£38,384±£5,483 · #3,905 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,766
Price-to-income ?6.5×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

74Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

64 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 827 offences
Fenland77
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,123 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences424
Theft109
Burglary35
Vehicle crime38
Criminal damage & arson90
Public order & weapons55
Drugs38
Robbery2
Other36

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 216 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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